Entries Tagged as 'link'

Vivian Girls cover Lou Reed on Sound Opinions

April 2nd, 2010

Vivian Girls with Male Bonding on Sound Opinions from WBEZ on Vimeo.

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Benefit for Knox raises $40k

March 30th, 2010

Looks like Ba Da Bing Ben and the Kickstarter kids raised $40k for Mr. Knox. Didn’t get a ticket? You can always support Chris and buy a copy of the tribute album. It’s nice to see the outpouring of support continue almost a year later. We here at the drawer have a soft spot for […]

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USA Today slags Bird and Bee tribute to Hall and Oates

March 25th, 2010

“The pop duo’s ‘Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates’ just misses the mark.” Maybe they should have chosen to do Journey covers instead?

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MP3: Echo & The Bunnymen “Proxy”

March 25th, 2010

After a few tax troubles that resulted in an aborted tour late last year, Echo & the Bunnymen are finally ready to support their 11th studio album, The Fountain with a brief US tour that kicks off at Coachella. Despite being only 50% of its heyday glory, this incarnation of The Bunnymen (namely guitarist Will […]

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Secret History of Tuscadero

March 24th, 2010

“Tuscadero were one of D.C’s most shamelessly grin-inducing groups, specializing in stupid-smart major-chord bangers and hopelessly catchy guitar pop confections.”

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Magnetic Fields cover of Not One of Us

February 21st, 2010

Came across this interview/cover of the Peter Gabriel song by Stephin Merritt. Part of a project of covers. Odd. Not One of Us. Interesting to hear Stephin’s comments.

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Be My Baby (drum beat)

February 17th, 2010

Great post (w/mix) over at Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good about the famous Ronettes drum intro which has ended up in dozens of indie tracks over the years.

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